Meanings
chitterlings1
- pluralplural onlySmall intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
How fare I? troth for ſixpence a meale, wench, as well as heart can wiſh, with Calves chaldrons and chitterlings […]
1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, “The Honest Whore, […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume II, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 40
chitterlings2
- pluralplural of chitterling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSmall intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
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Origin
chitterlings · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*gud-
- Proto-Germanic*kūtiz
- Middle Englishcheterlingis
- Englishchitterlings
From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”).
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Full word history & related roots →chitterlings · noun
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian чревца
- чревца (črevca)small pig intestine, boiled and fried
French tripes de porc
- tripes de porcsmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
German Innereien
- Innereiensmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
Hungarian sertésbelsőség, belsőség
- sertésbelsőségsmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- belsőségsmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
Italian frattaglie
- frattagliesmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
Latin lactēs
- lactēssmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
Spanish gallinejas, chunchules
- gallinejassmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chunchulessmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chunchullosmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chinchulínsmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chinchurriasmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chunchurriasmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- choncholísmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chunchulísmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chunchulismall pig intestine, boiled and fried
- chunchulínsmall pig intestine, boiled and fried
Cite this entry
chitterlings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitterlings
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